I have a mad case of nesting. I’m naturally a nester, but my energy has been low with all the unknowns of the adoption process. But not anymore! We found out last week that it’s only a matter of weeks before our little guy gets to come home and it has kicked my nesting into high gear.

So on Saturday, I did the most important thing in the world. I cataloged my china. Because, didn’t that need to be done? What? You don’t think that was a pressing need? Next up I’ll be emptying and re-organizing every closet, dusting the top of the fridge, and washing and ironing the curtains. Well, maybe not that last one. I did that last year for our homestudy so it probably doesn’t need to be done again.

I was given my first set of china as a wedding present. A longtime customer of the family business called and told my Dad to bring me down and pick out some china. His wife had recently died and she had a china remainder business. The china was in a room in their warehouse and I was free to take what I wanted. We went down a few months after I got married and I got the most wonderful pieces. It was hard to choose, but I settled on the Haviland Limoges Princess style. The amount of pieces varies. Nine dinner plates and five teacups and so on. I like that it’s unfinished. It gives me something to hunt for in antique malls.

The second set was given to me by a long-time family friend. When her grandma was packing up her house to move to a retirement center shortly before she died, she called up and offered me her grandmother’s china. It didn’t fit the style of anyone in the family. I took one look and said, “yes, please!” It’s Georgian Homer Laughlin and I have a lot of it. Between 9-11 place settings of everything plus serving bowls, platters, creamer, gravy boat. Everything.

Both sets mix wonderfully into place settings which suits me perfectly.